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lurn toiles intent @ffice Leno@ Patr-mf No. 75,790, endormir 24, 186s.

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To ALL non 1T MAYoonoEnNf l i t Be i: komm 'that I, A. JQ PRESTON, of Guilford, intlie vcounty of Chenangmand Staten? New York, have invented :1 new and improved Hay-Roker and Loader; and -I 4(lo hereby declare that` the follon'ing'isvvfnll,

clear, and exact desoription thereof, reference. being had-to the 1. nccompzinying'drnwings, makingpnrtof this speciiiouiion, inniiiei1l f 'Figui 'l is nn olcvntion of one side of tbe impr-cred hnyfrnlier and looderlnplplied toa cart. F i

ix-'nre '2 is n. top vier.' of the same parts. l r l i i' Fi sheet 2, is a longitudinal section, tnlen in lnlyerticol plone tliouglitho centre'of ns indicated by rml line X in fig. 2.V i l I i i l z i i l f l u Figures 1l und 5 nre side elevations of the rekerwand fodder, showingl tbe librnfxingsf'o'rk` in tbeact o f ascending, und nlso in tbe not of descending; l' i i if I the machine;-

Figure 6 isn sectional View ofthe clamp 'ondWriS-Ypiin, which con be epplie'dto thefspokes of la common.

\..ngon or cnri-\\liccl, so as to make such wheel a. driver for the'fork.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsinthe several figures.

'lllis invention relates to certain new unrlusefnlimprovements on that class of niaclsinesfwbich are designed for ruk-ing: un ller scattered upon'the ground or in windrows-and delir'eringY it noone.' wagon. or cotottaclled tl: 'elle Mkirg and loading-devices. y

'.liie nature of my invention consists in so constructing, guiding, `and operating nvibrating-fork, and` con1- Lining it with :i hay-reke 'andra clearer, that said'fork will automatically remove the hay gatheredb'y the'rake, from tliiernke, elevate tlie hayjhus `removed tola properv height, nnd-therirritlrthe aidfoi'- the clearer, deliver it upon wagon or carriage, to which the above-'named devices nrc uttnclled, a'swillbehereinnfter described.

'liie invention further consists in providing, in a, novel Inann'er, for attaching bay-raking and loading-devices to n common cnrt or gregori for 'receiving thegatherod hay, so that oneof; tbetransporting-wlx'eels of auch rehi'cle shall serve :is n driver for operating said dovces,"anclla.lso ,so that tlle'fronie carrying the. ratlringzsnd'loading-V devices shall be heldin line'with tbe wogon, but allowed to acconnlodateitseiito the undulationsof 'tbe ground, as will be hereinafter described. l Y. `l 4 *l A i' 4 To enable others skilled in the nrt to understandin'y invention', -I f ildescr'ibe its construction andvoperation. 'l he frame, wbicir is adopted for reoeiving'and carrying'the raking and loading-derives, consists of two verf tical sides, A A, constructed allikein every particul'aond seein-ed togetberatltheir,lowerendsnat'a editable distance eport, byvinezms of horizonjtel transverse beams tand (1f-which 'maylbetilde ofirood or ofnietgtl.4 The sides A A of the frame I prefer. to make of metal, for' reasons which will hereinafter appear. ,r

From oooh siLle, A, of the 'frame is a horizontal offset, l, tlirough which'a hole is madevyertioallyfor receiving :t screwsrandord, el, of a. caster-wheel, fr".l Tire onrvedarros, *olnthe castelwheels c2 are eiplied so as l5V turn freely around lthe'lower ends of `t i making the stondrds of the castel-Wheels screwmandtop'ping .th'eni'through the olsetscc, it will `lila seen thor, by adjusting these screws, the frame of the uiachine' can 'be raised or depressed/end set so v'ne' to nin at any desired dist-ucefrom the' ground'. Thisvertcalor bodily adjustmentis required where the vreke-teeth are not lheir respektivestandardsc, `while the latter ,remain fixed. B'ytlrus' adjustable, fo'r the `purpose of setting tlievpoints of these -tcetlitorun nearer to or` fnrtl1er'from the ground,

according to tliec'ondition of the stubble.

The rake-teeth e, which gather tho'hay'froxn the ground, are spring-metal rods, suitably bowed and att-ached by coils to transverseetuds fyuponnrmsig, ascelle/nn in the drawings. The'arms g u )re 'all of an equal length, and are secured, at rgixlar distances apart, to ;tie,.trsnsverse beam of 'tlie'iaiu frame, so as to project forward thereof.. These rake-teeth are attached to'thgeffo'rivalrdnends of the: sig,Y so als to allow a fork (which I shall hereinafter describe) to rise' lover ,the'hy gathered u'nonfugtlie `relient; i d ydrop downfin rear thereof, in 'a position to remove-this hay when vsaid'fo'rlr iivaneel. f" 'i i i i" AIn front of the rake-teeth, ond projecting perpendicnlarlyfrom'the front beam o, lire ro s or Vvte'ethh, whicli :we arranged at regular distances apart, and extendedupirard Vno high as the aide-pieces of the main framei' Collectively, these rods orf teeth 's form weleer-enfer discharging the loadfrom the forkhinto a Wagon.v The fork- 

